Teaching-Related Media

There are many online resources that focus on education and teaching. As you come across resources that you feel are high quality and worth sharing, please post them here.

Podcasts and Vidcasts

• Learning Matters - John Merrow is a correspondent whose website features podcasts and video segments focusing on education in America. You can subscribe to his podcast through itunes, or access specific episodes here.
• Lab Out Loud Podcast NSTA's bi-weekly podcast focusing on classroom science. RSS - Lab Out Loud Podcast
• The Naked Scientist - A radio show/podcast from the UK presents scientific breakthroughs and answers questions with touch of British humor.
• WonderHowTo Collection of Classroom Demonstration Videos - Videos tagged science education.

more cool how to videos

• NASA Video clips aimed at Grades 9-12 - A series of videos showing how NASA innovations are being applied in unexpected situations.
• Science Friday Videos - Collection of videos from the NPR Science Show.

Science Friday Videos

• Bobtails + Bacteria = BFF Jun 15, 2018
  This tiny squid works with bacteria to camouflage itself.
• Cephalopod Inc. Jun 15, 2018
  Will cephalopods one day be as ubiquitous in labs as mice and fruit flies?
• Kelp: It’s What’s For Dinner Jun 8, 2018
  Meet the farmers who want to make cheap, environmentally friendly kelp America's next favorite vegetable.
• How To Grow Coral Jun 1, 2018
  Corals have long been at risk of bleaching. At Georgia Aquarium, a team of biologists are helping restore coral in the wild—by cultivating them in the lab.
• Big Ideas, Tiny Museum May 24, 2018
  Traditional museums can be intimidating and are usually in wealthier neighborhoods. A new company that makes portable museums is hoping to change that.
• Reading A Dog’s Mind May 4, 2018
  How can you get a glimpse into a dog’s mind? Start with an MRI machine.
• Hurricane In A Box Apr 26, 2018
  Unable to study Category 5 hurricanes in the field, University of Miami researchers create them from scratch in a giant box.
• The Very Hungry Maggot Apr 13, 2018
  What happens when you give hundreds of puppies a single bowl of food? This mechanical engineer is trying to solve this problem with physics…and maggots.
• Bats Take Flight Mar 30, 2018
  Thanks to high-speed video, we now know that bats fly very differently compared to birds.
• The Meteorite Museum Mar 21, 2018
  You’ll find more than just meteorites inside.

Video-based Resources

• Nick Johnstone's Science Video Collection - A science video collection with an Australian's perspective. Includes both local and international resources.
• National Geographic's Video Viewer - Many short videos related to science, thought I do not know how to stop the player from playing when the page is opened.

Video-capture Resources

Youtube and other online video services are often unavailable in schools. Several ways to access videos to show in your classroom are discussed below.

• Nick Johnstone's Video Resources - Page contains video tutorials as well suggestions for software to use to convert online videos for classroom use.
• Lifehacker Instructions: Embedding Youtube in Powerpoint - This article links to instructions for saving YouTube videos to show within a powerpoint presentation. I don't think it requires that you be connected to the 'net when you present.
• Classroom 2.0 Discussion: Accessing YouTube videos for Classroom Use - Classroom 2.0 is a social network is for teachers interested in using the "read/write" web in their classrooms. This page has several suggestions for capturing video for classroom use.
• Embedr video playlist maker - create video playlists that you can embed in your wiki.
• Vixy.net - Download Youtube videos to play later from your PC or Mac.